diff --git a/bugzilla/bug.py b/bugzilla/bug.py
index 0a7c2d16..6f3ec43b 100644
--- a/bugzilla/bug.py
+++ b/bugzilla/bug.py
@@ -292,14 +292,14 @@ def addcomment(self, comment, private=False):
 
         return self.bugzilla.update_bugs(self.bug_id, vals)
 
-    def getcomments(self):
+    def get_comments(self):
         """
         Returns an array of comment dictionaries for this bug
         """
         comment_list = self.bugzilla.get_comments([self.bug_id])
         return comment_list['bugs'][str(self.bug_id)]['comments']
 
-
+    getcomments = get_comments
     #####################
     # Get/Set bug flags #
     #####################
diff --git a/examples/getbug.py b/examples/getbug.py
index faf4c30f..f164c0a1 100644
--- a/examples/getbug.py
+++ b/examples/getbug.py
@@ -33,8 +33,8 @@
 
 # comments must be fetched separately on stock bugzilla. this just returns
 # a raw dict with all the info.
-comments = bug.getcomments()
+comments = bug.get_comments()
 print("\nLast comment data:\n%s" % pprint.pformat(comments[-1]))
 
-# getcomments is just a wrapper around bzapi.get_comments(), which can be
+# get_comments is just a wrapper around bzapi.get_comments(), which can be
 # used for bulk comments fetching
diff --git a/examples/update.py b/examples/update.py
index cd76992e..86b1967c 100644
--- a/examples/update.py
+++ b/examples/update.py
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@
 
 
 # Now let's add a comment
-comments = bug.getcomments()
+comments = bug.get_comments()
 print("Bug originally has %d comments" % len(comments))
 
 update = bzapi.build_update(comment="new example comment %s" % time.time())
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@
 
 # refresh() actually isn't required here because comments are fetched
 # on demand
-comments = bug.getcomments()
+comments = bug.get_comments()
 print("Bug now has %d comments. Last comment=%s" % (len(comments),
     comments[-1]["text"]))
 
diff --git a/tests/test_api_bug.py b/tests/test_api_bug.py
index 61572fc5..9d5c2564 100644
--- a/tests/test_api_bug.py
+++ b/tests/test_api_bug.py
@@ -200,6 +200,7 @@ def _get_fake_bug(apiname):
     # Stub API testing
     bug = fakebz.getbug(1165434)
     bug.get_history_raw()
+    bug.get_comments()
     bug.getcomments()
 
     # Some hackery to hit a few attachment code paths
diff --git a/tests/test_rw_functional.py b/tests/test_rw_functional.py
index 3d49688e..b59d84cd 100644
--- a/tests/test_rw_functional.py
+++ b/tests/test_rw_functional.py
@@ -318,8 +318,11 @@ def test05ModifyStatus(run_cli, backends):
     assert bug.longdescs[-1]["text"] == comment
     assert bug.longdescs[-1]["is_private"] == 0
 
-    # Confirm comments is same as getcomments
+    # Confirm comments is same as get_comments
+    assert bug.comments == bug.get_comments()
+    # This method will be removed in a future version
     assert bug.comments == bug.getcomments()
+    assert bug.get_comments() == bug.getcomments()
 
     # Reset state
     run_cli(cmd + "--status %s" % origstatus, bz)